Why your favourite websites are protesting over the net's future

作者：谷梁鍪员 发布时间：2019-03-04 07:05:05

Rawpixel Ltd / Alamy Stock Photo PEOPLE visiting some of the world’s most popular websites, including Amazon, Netflix and Twitter, on 12 July saw pop-up messages saying that the site had been blocked or slowed down. The pop-ups were fictional, all part of an online protest supporting the principle of net neutrality. Its backers believe that internet service providers should not be allowed to prioritise some types of web traffic over others. ISPs should not be able to accept payment from Amazon, for example,